Blogs
Below are several resources we curate and comment on to help those in the local community — parents, teachers, counselors, therapists and the general community — better understand our perspective as well as the latest topics in psychotherapy.
Teens and Suicide
The term teenage suicide brings up lots of different emotions. Fear, panic, grief, confusion, shock and even disbelief. The Connecticut Shoreline Community has tragically lost a number of its teens to suicide. How could someone so young end their life? As adults, we need to manage these strong emotional reactions…
Should I Stay…Or Should I Go?
It’ been nearly a month since CT began Phase 1 of its reopening plan. The re-openings coupled with the alluring arrival of summer have left many of us struggling with the same question posed by the 1980s British punk rock band, The Clash: Should I stay or Should I Go? Only, for us…
How to Talk to Kids about Race Protests & Riots
Pacially charged events over the past weeks, most notably the video-taped murder of George Floyd, have triggered protests across the country. For the past 3 months our community has faced the devastating effects of COVID-19. The disproportionate…
Challenges with Teletherapy
We recently wrote a post entitled Adapting to our New Normal – Telehealth in the Age of Covid 19. In it we addressed the many benefits of telehealth. While we might all agree that telehealth allows us to stay…
Our Emotional Response to COVID-19 – The Grief Model
by jvir.org | Gaurav Gadodia, MD | Jeffrey Yanof, PhD | Aydan Hanlon, BS | Crew Weunski, BS | Karl West, MS |Charles Martin III, MDAll you have to do is glance at any one of your social media feeds, and you’ll see the breadth of human response to the COVID-19...
Telehealth at The Center
There is no doubt about it, we are living in unprecedented times. The drastic, restrictive measures designed to curb the spread of COVID-19 have left many of us feeling like our lives resemble a scary Hollywood Sci-Fi film…
Play Hard: The Power of Play Therapy
by jvir.org | Gaurav Gadodia, MD | Jeffrey Yanof, PhD | Aydan Hanlon, BS | Crew Weunski, BS | Karl West, MS |Charles Martin III, MDConsider this interaction between a mom and five year old: Mom: Why did you kick your brother? Five year old: My friend Tommy was...